The #300-series of numbers are temporary until we can identify their correct hull number. We welcome your contributions: If you can add more info or more photos please contact us by email.
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| Hull number | (312, temporary) | ||
| Boat name | Stella | ||
| Full HIN in standard format | ZCJ 000 | ||
| Hull moulding (month-year) | 1985 ? | ||
| Completion (month-year) | 1985 ? | ||
| Type | mk2 PH-C with bowsprit and double-spreader | ||
| Registry number | (CAN 815731) | ||
| Owner(s) | Janos Demeter, 2022+ (Brian Tennant, 2013 to 2022) (Terry Forsbrey, ? 1995 ? to 2013) (Bill McGillvrey) | ||
| Homeport and location | Phillipines (Waikawa / New Zealand) (Toronto/Opua, New Zealand) | ||
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| Website / blog / etc | https://www.canadianyachting.ca/boat-reviews/sail/1162-corbin-39-sail-boat-review https://www.openoceanwatermakers.co.nz/ | ||
| MMSI | Callsign | ||
| Brief history | Moved to Philippines pre 2018, after a long period in NZ area, a mk2, with Brian Tennant. In 2019 and 2021 driven onto a sandy beach twice whilst anchored during hurricanes, when the anchor chain (or lock) broke. At the time there was nobody aboard, note this included the Covid period when there were considerable travel etc restrictions. Both times Brian Tennant was able to extricate her from the sandy beach. The second occasion (2022) some skeg damage occurred, after which she was gently sailed to Subic Bay for skeg repairs, and sold at this point. 1996 Winter article in Canadian Yachting, "Terry Forsbrey is the second owner of Stella, a later-model kit-boat that is one of the best looking and best-equipped Corbins I have seen. Before heading down to Chesapeake Bay, Forsbrey had Wiggers Custom Yachts in Bowmanville, Ont. fair the hull and paint the topsides – a job that included spraying on, then sanding back, five coats of epoxy primer before the topcoat went on. This completely removed the fibreglass roving show-through that affects some of the Corbin hulls. To be fair, however, the glass work on these boats is otherwise very good. Forsbrey recalls, "One day when I was down at Wiggers, I met with [CY columnist] Steve Killing. When I asked him about the weather helm I was experiencing, Killing made a quick sketch to extend the forward edge of my skeg by seven inches. Wiggers made the modifications and they have made a big difference to Stella’s performance." Forsbrey also added a high roach, fully battened mainsail, and removed the suggested amount of rake from the rig. With this turbo-charged set-up he won the Oshawa Clipper Race, a double-handed, 100-mile race across Lake Ontario. "These boats sail well in light airs," Foresbrey adds, "and I find I can ghost along and pass many other more performance-oriented boats. She is not sharp to windward in light winds, but get her moving and she carries her way." |
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| Other comments | Very likely #171 as being a free slot in the 1985 hulls, but slim possibility of being #166. Definitely not one of the very first mk2s as she has the moulded pilothouse/deck seam that was in the later mk2s. |
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